Hatrack for automobiles



J. A. CAMPBELL HATRACI FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Sent. 13. 1923 WITNESSES IN V EN TOR QIaHNA CAM/P5521.

lax/W ATTORNEYS Patented July 29, 1 924.

PATENT. orncs.

JOHN A. CAMPBELL, OF CARBQ'NDALE, ILLINOIS.

HA'rnAcK non AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed September 13, 1923. seriaim). 662,567.

To allwhomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A; CAMPBELL,

a citizen of the United States, and aresi- Y a pair of coiled springs disposedvsubstan- ,tially parallel across the car beneath the top,

dent of C'arbondale, in the county of Jackson.

' and State of Illinois, have invented a 'new and Improved Hatrack for Automobiles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. r i

This invention relates to a hat rack for automobiles, and has for an object the provision of a simple, durable, efficient hat rack which can,- be readily applied to any type of automobile without requiring any mo 1- 'fication' or alteration in the construction of the car and can be disposed therewithin in easy access to the people in the car and sign of car.

yet out of the way so as not to be an inconvenience. g Another object concernsthe provision 0t means whereby the rack can be made easily adjustable 'to receive difierent sizes of bat gear.

A further object: concerns the provision of a hat rack which can be constrncted and adapted to harmonize withany type or de-' The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which a Figure 1 is a sectionthrough a. car looking forward to the hat rack in the top; Fig. 2 is a plan view, partly in section, of the hat rack; and

Fig. 3-is a detail section of one end of one of the hat rack members.

The form of the invention shownin the drawings is a preferred form, although it is understood that modifications in the construction and arrangement of the parts and. in the'character of the materials used may be adopted without departing spirit of the invention.

" along their length. The ends of these members are adjustably connected to suitable'fastening means at each endwhereby the distance between the members throughout their length can be made variable to suit from the the type or. size of head gear which it is desired to hold therebetween. g

;More specificallygthe invention includes the ends of each spring being connected to a metallic bar'in such amanner as to be adjustable along the bar so that the distance between" each spring and itsfellow spring can be varied.

As shown in the drawings, the invention comprises a pair of coiled springs, such as 1 and 2, extending across thecar beneath the top, each of these'springs being in any suitable manner covered by fabric such as 3 which is preferably rubber cloth. The design and. coloring ofv thiscloth can be made to harmonize with. the furnishings of the car. Each end of each spring is formed in. a loop 4 which is adapted to engage with a similar loop don the -end of a hook 6. This hook can be easily engaged along the length of a metallic bar or frame 7, which, in the form shown, is a wire made with a plurality of. kinks and oi a substantially Wavelikeiorm to permit the hook 6 at the l0 and closed by a screw-threaded cap 11 having an aperture 12 through which the stem of the hook-6 extends. This is for the purpose of hiding the connection bea tween the hook G and the end of the coil spring, thus making the construction one havinga simpleand neat appearance. By disposing the hooks 6 in more closely adjacent kinks or curved portions of the bars 7, the distance between thecoils can be varied so that larger or smaller hats or head gearcan be held inposition. What I claim is 1. A hat rack for automobile's'havin a :top portion, which includes a; pair of co ed springs extending across the 'car beneath the top, a flexible fabric covering said springs, a hook at each end of each spring =loosel connected thereto a metal bar conneote to 'eachside of the top portion of the automobile, and means on said bar whereby the hooks on the end' of the spring I b can be adjustably connected thereto.

2. A hat rack for automobiles, which in cludes a pair ofcoiled springs extending of metallio wires formed in a kinked or corthe car at each side, and hooks on the ends of the coiled springs to be adjustably engaged with any desired portion of said wires along their length whereby the dis tance between the springs can be varied.

across the car beneath atop thereof, a pair JOHN A. CAMPBELL.

rugated form and attached to the top of 10 Q 

